Well Versed

By Juan Felipe Herrera
20 Apr 2017

Two new poems for our readers from U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera in honor of National Poetry Month. Hear him speak at SCU’s commencement in June.

Though U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera honors poetry daily through his life’s work he is celebrating the art even more this month in honor of National Poetry Month by sending SCU two special poems. The first Latino poet named U.S. poet laureate, Herrera writes passionately about social issues and is a performance artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth. His work has been known to cross genres, even into opera and dance theatre. Herrera will be the featured speaker at Santa Clara University’s 166th undergraduate commencement ceremony. He’s no stranger to the Mission Campus. He has been hosted by the student-edited Santa Clara Review and counts as one of his early mentors and good friends Professor Emeritus Francisco Jiménez ’66.

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